Manager of Global Cyber Defense

<div class="content-intro"><p>Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI. At our core is the Celonis Context Model — which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence into a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can actually understand, turning AI's operational blind spots into operational clarity. World's leading companies trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. We believe there's a massive opportunity to unlock global productivity and sustainability by giving AI the context to understand how every business process really works. Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.</p></div><p> </p> <div><strong>About the Role</strong></div> <div><br>Celonis is seeking a <strong>Manager of Global Cyber Defense</strong> to lead our Security Operations (SecOps) and Incident Response teams. In this global leadership position, you will be the primary architect and custodian of the strategies, tools, and policies that safeguard Celonis’s enterprise data, corporate infrastructure, and cloud-native environments.<br>Your team will ensure the security and integrity of our global execution management platform, protecting the critical business processes of our customers. By designing and deploying advanced technical controls, you will ensure that emerging cyber threats are automatically detected, isolated, and neutralized. As a core security leader, you will collaborate across Engineering, Product, and IT to build a resilient, security-first culture, integrating deep threat insights directly into our continuous software development lifecycle.<br><strong>While this is a management role, Celonis values expert practitioners</strong>. You should be ready to lead by example, bring deep technical mastery of modern security ecosystems, and blend proprietary and open-source tooling into a seamless, next-generation global defense strategy. This position reports VP of Information Security.<br><br><strong>What You Will Do in This Role</strong></div> <ul> <li><strong>Lead and Scale:</strong> Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team of cyber defense engineers and security analysts.</li> <li><strong>Define Standards:</strong> Author and maintain enterprise-wide cyber defense frameworks, incident response playbooks, and operational blueprints.</li> <li><strong>Drive SOC Evolution:</strong> Own the strategic architecture, tooling, and day-to-day operations of our modern Security Operations Center (SOC).</li> <li><strong>Threat Mitigation:</strong> Oversee the rapid identification, containment, and remediation of advanced cyber attacks and vulnerabilities.</li> <li><strong>Tooling Innovation:</strong> Evaluate, select, and integrate cutting-edge security technologies, focusing on automation (SOAR), telemetry, and SIEM optimization.</li> <li><strong>Proactive Defense:</strong> Champion threat modeling, breach simulations, and tabletop exercises across Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, and IT.</li> <li><strong>Cultivate Enablement:</strong> Partner with internal learning teams to institutionalize security playbooks and upskill teams across the organization.</li> <li><strong>Metrics and Accountability:</strong> Establish, track, and report on high-impact cyber defense KPIs to provide visibility to executive leadership.</li> <li><strong>Agile Execution:</strong> Manage the Cyber Defense roadmap within an agile engineering framework to ensure predictable, high-velocity security delivery.</li> <